Inversiones Precis Limitada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco, intends to make an offer to acquire the 29.63 per cent of the shares in...
Archive - July 2006
Bulgaria's tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac introduced their newest brand of cigarettes, Eva Slims. The 20-pieces pack boasts a fashionable design in golden...
Imperial Tobacco Group, the world's fourth largest cigarette firm, is to close its plants at Liverpool in England and Lahr in Germany with the loss of 415...
High customs tariffs are set to be imposed on tobacco products in Bahrain before the end of this year, it was revealed yesterday.
According to newspaper Business Chronicle, the smuggling of cigarette products into Ghana, just like the textile industry, is on the increase.
Indonesia's second largest listed tobacco company, PT Handaya Mandala Sampoerna, said it has government approval for a planned 2.8 trillion rupiah (US$...
Altria Group's board of directors is waiting for a ruling in a racketeering case brought by the US Department of Justice against the tobacco industry...
According to a statement from the Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan, the country's tobacco industry has agreed in a meeting on Tuesday to remove...
After buying out its joint venture partner Samo, Siegwerk is now the 100 per cent owner of one of Turkey’s leading producer of packaging inks.
Japan Tobacco plans to raise production in Russia by more than 40 per cent as demand in its home market shrinks, the company’s president Hiroshi Kimura said...
Vector Group, which owns cigarette maker Liggett Group, on Monday said it recently reached a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service that calls for it to...
According to statistics released by the Ukrainian association of tobacco and alcohol makers and distributors, SOVAT, Reemtsma/Imperial Tobacco is retaining its...
Emboldened by Bulgaria's upcoming EU entry, cigarette major Philip Morris has decided to put back on the Bulgaria market its popular Marlboro and...
Cigarette and tobacco firms will have to display health warnings on all packages of cigarettes and tobacco products, starting 1 February 2007.
KT&G, the South Korean tobacco company that the US billionaire Carl Icahn is trying to buy, reported Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 16 per cent...
Sri Lanka’s monopoly cigarette maker Ceylon Tobacco Company has asked for six months to enforce a public smoking and advertising ban, following legal...
According to a report by the Belarusskie Novosti news agency, Belarusian biggest cigarette maker Neman based in Grodno has ceased manufacturing of the brands...
Ukrainian association of tobacco and alcohol makers and distributors, SOVAT, issued statistics showing a 3.6 per cent decline in tobacco manufacturing over the...
A total of 16.2 million contraband Russia-made cigarettes, largest illegal batch ever, were arrested by the Latvian State Revenues Service 13 July 2006 at the...
Two weeks after the Florida Supreme issued its ruling in the Engle class action appeal which vacated the US$ 145 billion punitive damages against the tobacco...